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Its a steroid shot I had them with DS I had three. They arent bad the medicine stings a little when it goes in but it truly helps the babies lungs. I had mine at 30 weeks my son was born at 34+3 he was only on room air through a nasal cannula then off of it a very short time after birth because he would rip them off of his face. My advice would be to switch hips/butt cheeks with every shot I had to have 2 on one side and it felt like someone punched me in my butt for about a week.

It made my blood sugars go up I am type 1 diabetic on insulin so I had to get more insulin but other than that all was well. Why are you getting the shots are the expecting you to deliver early?? I had Pre-E and we were not sure if my son was going to stay put or if we would have to deliver him way early. At 34+4 I had to have an emergency c-section

i was told that it is only affective for the first week after having it done. are they expecting you to deliver soon? i got mine at 25 weeks because my cervix had shortened significantly and i was funneling. now i am approaching 29 weeks and my cervix has actually lengthened back a little. i was told that i might need to have a second round if my cervix would get shorter. have they done a ffn test for you to determine if your at risk for labor? you might want to ask about it. if you get a negative you may be able to hold off on the steriod shot for another 2 weeks.

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2 early m/c's, Benjamin Reece born still 05/2012, Eden Elisabeth born screaming 04/2013!

My OB has talked about it this time but he told me that it is most effective around 1-2 weeks after you get it. So for me they will wait until they are pretty sure baby is going to be here. There is a risk of behavioral problems for the baby later on in life if you get more than two rounds. So my OB is very careful about only giving it if it's pretty clear I will be going into labor and delivering.